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Category: Features

New Bookazine: Intercity 125 – A High Speed Tribute

29 March 2021 Sam Hewitt Features, News
InterCity125

Few trains truly reach a legendary status but there can be no doubt that the Intercity 125 HST was and still is, an icon in the age of the railway.

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Short history of the ‘most flexible of all’ Type 3

1 February 2021 Shannon Butcher Features

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company’s Type 3, better known as the Class 33, or simply the ‘Crompton’. Mark Nicholls recounts the type’s history.

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What is the royal train? Your questions answered

7 December 2020 Sam Hewitt Features, Railtours
Duke & Duchess' Royal Train

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are setting off on a festive morale-boosting tour around the country on the Royal Train.

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Our Black Friday magazine subscription sale is now on!

26 November 2020 Sam Hewitt Features, News
Black Friday Classic Magazines

Black Friday is here and we’ve been busy driving down the prices on some of our favourite products for a limited time only.

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Publisher launches bumper railway gift guide for Christmas

19 November 2020 Sam Hewitt Christmas Gift Guide, Features, News
Railway gift guide

Stuck for what to buy the rail enthusiast in your life… or keen to indulge yourself this Yuletide? Fear not, as Britain’s leading railway publisher may just have the answer.

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Spooktacular savings on your favourite titles!

21 October 2020 Shannon Butcher Advertisement Feature, Features

Trick and treat yourself this Halloween with our spookily good subscription offers on a selection of your favourite Railway titles.

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The COVID Conundrum

28 September 2020 Shannon Butcher Features

Editor Mark Nicholls ponders the serious issues surrounding coronavirus and the UK’s railways, in particular what can be done to bring passengers back.

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Restoring Falling Sands

28 September 2020 Shannon Butcher Features

The Severn Valley Railway has undertaken a vast job in making repairs to the Falling Sands Viaduct, as Editor Mark Nicholls explains.

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East Coast HST finale

25 September 2020 Shannon Butcher Features

After a remarkable 41 years of service, the HST is due to be taken out of use on the East Coast Main Line by its main franchisee on December 31, 2019.

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In pictures: Railways during World War II

5 August 2019 Sam Hewitt Features

Here are a selection of World War II advertisements that appeared in The Railway Magazine in 1940.

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